Cambridge VetMed van raided in ket theft failure

Police have warned against the consumption of the stolen medicine, which is thought to have been wrongly believed to be ketamine

The Department of Veterinary Medicine, where the van was parkedUniversity of Cambridge

by Catherine Lally

This article is 8 years old

Monday March 26 2018, 1:27pm

Cambridge police believe that seven bottles of medicine used to euthanise animals were stolen from a van stationed outside the University’s Department of Veterinary Medicine on Wednesday night.

The van was parked on Madingley Road, and the theft is estimated to have taken place at some point between 5pm on Wednesday evening and 10am on Thursday morning.

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They have suggested that the thieves may have believed they were stealing drugs including ketamine, which is intended for use as a dissociative anaesthetic, and is currently considered a class B drug in the UK.

The police warned against use of the stolen drugs, and said: “the medication they have taken is extremely dangerous if taken and would pose a threat to life to any individual who were to consume it.”

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